Economic Research Tracker vs EconShot

The Economic Research Tracker brings you insights and analysis from the New York Fed written by economists working at the intersection of research and policy. You can customize content by various research topics, including Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Labor Economics and Household Finance, and by New York Fed economists. You can also search for and follow your favorite Liberty Street Economics bloggers.

EconShot turns live economic data into beautiful, branded charts you can share in under a minute — right from your phone. Pull the latest numbers from FRED, BLS, the World Bank, and the U.S. Treasury, drop them into a clean chart with recession shading and your own colors, and post straight to LinkedIn or Bluesky. No more pulling data in R, fighting a spreadsheet, exporting a PNG, and resizing it for every platform. THE 60-SECOND WORKFLOW • Browse categories or search thousands of series across four trusted public data sources • Tap to chart — recession shading and sensible date ranges are on by default • Add an annotation, overlay a second series, or index to 100 to compare • Export at the perfect size for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Threads, or a presentation • Post to LinkedIn and Bluesky directly from the app MAKE IT YOURS • Your colors, your logo, your handle on every chart • Clean, serious, publication-quality styling out of the box • Alt text generated automatically for accessible posts STAY AHEAD OF THE DATA • Pin the indicators you watch to a glanceable Dashboard • Add Home Screen widgets for the series you track • Pull to refresh the moment new data drops BUILT FOR ECONOMISTS EconShot is made by an economist, for economists, analysts, data journalists, and anyone who shares macro charts. It's fast, native, and opinionated about good defaults. FREE & PRO EconShot is free to use with FRED data, unlimited exports (with a small "Made with EconShot" credit), and direct posting to LinkedIn and Bluesky. EconShot Pro unlocks BLS, World Bank, and Treasury data, full custom branding, and removes the attribution. See the in-app upgrade screen for pricing and a free trial. Data provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED®), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. EconShot is not affiliated with or endorsed by these agencies.